How often it happens in similar questions, there are several versions what snake the longest. As a rule, for superiority of the largest individuals various types of family lozhnonogy, the most known as boas and pythons apply.
Mesh python
The mesh python very long time was considered as length as a snake on the earth. This snake reached in length of 10 meters. Such record was entered in the Guinness Book of Records. The mesh python received the name, thanks to unusual brown-brown spotty coloring.
The mesh python besides the islands of Indonesia lives also in other Areas of Southeast Asia. It should be noted that mainly the area of its dwelling is located on islands of the Zondsky archipelago. The mesh python eats small hoofed animals, reptiles and rodents. Quite often the snake attacks pets: pigs, goats, etc.
As the mesh python is not poisonous, as well as all representatives of this family, the victim he kills, soul and being twisted with the body around a neck. Only after that he swallows production. Cases when the mesh python attacks the person, are extremely rare, despite numerous terrifying stories. Such snake is dangerous unless to children as she attacks only that she is able to swallow. Also mesh python, as a rule, tries to avoid close meetings with people, understanding that at the same time the serious danger threatens him.
Anaconda
At the moment the world's largest caught snake consider an anaconda. This snake also treats family of lozhnonogy. The anaconda lives mainly in South America. Externally the anaconda looks as follows: a body color, gray-green with brown spots of oval or round shape, there are lighter small spots with a dark border on each side. Such color provides to a snake excellent masking in muddy water of various lakes and swamps. Exactly there she generally also lives. It gives her the chance to hunt for animals who often come to a watering place. The anaconda wishes to profit also waterfowl. The anaconda does not disdain smaller relatives and caymans. It should be noted that the snake not only well swims, but also there can be a long time under water. During this period of a nostril of an anaconda are closed by special valves. The anaconda attacks people extremely seldom, for the same reason, as a mesh boa. Quite often it occurs by mistake when the anaconda incorrectly determines the amount of the forthcoming production. The largest individual who was caught ever by the person reached 11.43 meters in length. It was also entered in the Guinness Book of Records. According to these data, today the anaconda is recognized as the longest snake.